Riftbound Radiance: release date, cards and prices
Radiance came out October 23, 2026. What is in a booster pack, the 9 new Legends, the chase cards and their prices, and whether to open packs or buy singles.
Radiance is the fifth Riftbound set, released on October 23, 2026 in English, French and Chinese. It is the music set: Heartsteel, K/DA and True Damage, three League of Legends bands, take over the showcase cards, and nine new Legends join the game. This guide covers what comes in each product and pack, the cards collectors are chasing, what they sell for today, and whether opening packs is worth it.
Radiance is a Riftbound set released Oct 23, 2026, with 240 singles and 9 sealed products on Kontora. The highest reference price in the set on Nov 8, 2026 is Riven, The Exile (Signature) at US$1,282.53.
Release date and products
- Previews: September 25 to October 9, 2026
- Pre-Rift events (prerelease): October 16 to 22, 2026
- Release date: October 23, 2026
- Number of cards: 167 in the main set, plus Overnumbered, Signature, Special Art and Ultimate versions numbered above 167
- First Summoner Skirmish events with Radiance: from November 9, 2026
Sealed products:
- Booster pack and Sleeved booster pack
- Booster Display: a box of booster packs (24 packs, according to retailers), with Ekko and Seraphine on the box
- Vault Bundle: a storage box, 6 Radiance booster packs, foil tokens and a set of 36 Runes
- Pre-Rift Kit: 5 Radiance boosters and a seeded Pre-Rift pack for one of the 9 new Legends
- Showdown Decks: Seraphine against Evelynn, two 56-card decks ready to play
What is in a booster pack
Each Radiance pack holds 14 cards and an information card:
| Slot | What you get |
|---|---|
| 7 cards | Common |
| 3 cards | Uncommon |
| 1 card | Foil: Common, Uncommon, Rare or Epic |
| 1 card | Rare or Epic |
| 1 card | Rare, Epic, Alternate Art, Special Art, Overnumbered or Ultimate |
| 1 card | Token, Rune or Alternate Art Rune |
The Ultimate card is Packed Amphitheater, a showcase Battlefield. Riot states it appears in about 0.025% of packs across the whole print run, roughly 1 pack in 4,000. No box or case is guaranteed to have one. Riot gives no odds for the other special versions, except that Special Art cards appear about as often as Alternate Art cards.
The 9 new Legends
Radiance adds nine Legends: Ekko, Boy Who Shattered Time; Ziggs, Hexplosives Expert; Mordekaiser, Iron Revenant; Orianna, Lady of Clockwork; K'Sante, Pride of Nazumah; Riven, The Exile; Seraphine, Starry-Eyed Songstress; Evelynn, Agony's Embrace; and Jarvan IV, Exemplar of Demacia. Each has a standard card, an Overnumbered version and a signed Overnumbered version. Two of them:
The standard Legends are cheap: they sell for well under a dollar today, so building a deck around a new Legend costs little. The value is in the Overnumbered and Signature versions.
Chase cards
The cards most people open Radiance for, with their current market prices:
- Signature cards: Overnumbered Legends and Heartsteel cards with the artist's signature. Riven, The Exile (Signature) is the most valuable card in the set so far, ahead of Seraphine, Starry-Eyed Songstress and Aphelios, Exalted Heartsteel (Signature).
- Overnumbered Legends (numbers 168 to 177): Riven, The Exile leads, followed by Evelynn, Agony's Embrace and Seraphine, Starry-Eyed Songstress.
- Heartsteel Overnumbered (178 to 183): the Heartsteel band in new outfits, with Sett, Kayn and Ezreal at the top.
- K/DA Special Art cards (SP1 to SP5): Ahri, Akali, Evelynn, Kai'Sa and Seraphine. Ahri is the most sought after.
What is new in this set
- Deploy: a Gear you can only play to a Battlefield. It gives you a bonus while it is there, and it is destroyed when an opponent holds that Battlefield.
- Show Off: reveal a qualifying card from your hand or your board to unlock an extra effect on the card you play.
- Disarm: lowers the Might of an enemy unit as you attack. It works like Assault: each instance of Disarm makes the reduction stronger.
- Equipment Units: with Orianna's Legend, Equipment can become Units. An Equipment that becomes a Unit is unequipped automatically.
- Bomb tokens: the more Bombs you play, the bigger the explosion.
Open packs or buy singles?
In the first week after release, a Booster Display sells for less per pack than single packs, so a box is the cheaper way to open. But most of a box's value sits in a few cards you are unlikely to pull: the Ultimate is in about 1 pack in 4,000, and a signed Overnumbered card is a lucky pull in any box.
- Players: buy singles. Standard Legends and most Rares cost under a few dollars, much less than the packs it would take to pull them.
- Collectors chasing one card: buy that card. Prices this early move fast, and new-set prices often drop in the first weeks as more boxes are opened.
- Opening for fun: a Vault Bundle gives you 6 packs plus a storage box and 36 Runes you will use in every deck.
Prices in this article update every day. We will update it after the first weeks of sales.
FAQ
When did Riftbound Radiance come out?
Radiance was released on October 23, 2026, in English, French and Chinese. Pre-Rift events ran from October 16 to 22.
How many cards are in a Radiance booster pack?
14 cards and an information card: 7 Commons, 3 Uncommons, 1 foil, 1 Rare or Epic, 1 Rare or better (Alternate Art, Special Art, Overnumbered or Ultimate possible), and 1 Token or Rune.
What is the most valuable card in Radiance?
Riven, The Exile 173*/167 is the most valuable card so far, at its current market price.
What are the odds of pulling the Ultimate card in Radiance?
Riot states the Ultimate Packed Amphitheater appears in about 0.025% of packs, roughly 1 in 4,000. No box or case is guaranteed to contain one.
Who are the new Legends in Radiance?
Ekko, Ziggs, Mordekaiser, Orianna, K'Sante, Riven, Seraphine, Evelynn and Jarvan IV.
Sources: Riot Games, "The Radiance Overview" (playriftbound.com, updated October 16, 2026); prices: TCGplayer market prices via Kontora on October 30, 2026.
Card prices are TCGplayer reference market prices in US dollars as of Nov 8, 2026. A reference price is not an offer.
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